Call for Papers

We welcome papers, brief technical notes, and posters. You are invited to present your research, and discuss your technical developments, to be posted as proceedings on www.concentrating-pv.org. Topics include, but are not limited to concentrator optics, cells, and modules, production and QA, power plants, grid connection, investment, subsidies, and other bottlenecks. The emphasis this time is on optical materials and bankability. Please send a half-page abstract by *20 Aug 2010* to:

CPV-Workshop

Ralf Leutz
E-mail: workshop@concentrating-pv.org

Please select a subject for your work from the list of conference topics.

Conference Topics

Concentrator Optics

• primary concentrators
• secondary optics
• innovative designs

Concentrator Cells

• materials and junctions
• reliability and performance

Concentrator Systems

• modules
• trackers
• inverters
• tests and standards

Markets and Manufacturing

• fabrication methods
• cost
• financing
• market studies
• operation

Concentrator PV as Renewable Power

• wind power grid connection
• solar thermal power plants
• PV energy mix (thin film, flat plate, CPV)
• field experience

Grid connection

• Technology, lessons to be learned from wind power integration
• Grid codes for solar technology
• Grid connection of solar applications
• Grid operation with large amounts of solar applications connected
• Virtual power plants for solar applications